Xerophyte

Description

It is a small globular cactus with usually unbranched subglobose to obovoid stems, 2.5 to 6.5 cm tall and up to 5 cm in diameter.

Flowers

Urn-shaped, peach-to-pink colour, 1.8 to 2.5 cm long and 1.8 to 3.8 cm in diameter. Flowering early spring.

Spines

It has clusters of 8 to 14 small radial spines, 1.5-4 mm. spreading downward, white or whitish to tan; erect central spines are lacking.

Fruits

Green, drying reddish brown barrel-shaped, 0.7 to 1.0 cm high and 0.8 to 1.1 cm wide.

Areoles

Elliptic to circular, woolly.